Vulnerability · CVE-2026-28718
Denial of service due to insufficient input validation in authentication logging.
Published Mar 6, 2026 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · cyber protect
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-28718. EPSS is 0.64%. Act only if a listed version of cyber protect is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- High7.5
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.64%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- cpe acronis/cyber protect
Denial of service due to insufficient input validation in authentication logging. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect 17 (Linux, Windows) before build 41186.
Are you affected?
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- cpe acronis/cyber protectversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2026-28718
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-28718. EPSS is 0.64%. Act only if a listed version of cyber protect is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-779. EPSS 0.64%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Mar 6, 2026 · NIST NVD
Detected
Denial of service due to insufficient input validation in authentication logging. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect 17 (Linux, Windows) before build 41186.
Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
Denial of service due to insufficient input validation in authentication logging. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect 17 (Linux, Windows) before build 41186.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-28718
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-28718
30-day exploitation probability 0.6%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-28718
Denial of service due to insufficient input validation in authentication logging. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect 17 (Linux, Windows) before build 41186.
nvd.nist.gov
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.